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STEERING:LINKAGES:DRAG:LINK:CONNECTION
BALL SOCKET SEPARATION AT THE DRAG LINK RESULTS IN COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING, AND THEREFORE CAN RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
2005 VOLVO VNL
1 safety recall campaign, 3 defect investigations, 7 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints7
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 1 of 1
What owners report most
- 4STEERING
- 1ENGINE
- 1ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL
- 1EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2005 VOLVO VNLs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.